Keyword: riskhttp://www.freerepublic.com/tag/risk/
en-usSun, 26 Jun 2016 04:26:23 GMTFocus Forum15Intel x86s hide another CPU that can take over your machine (you can&#x27;t audit it)http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3443733/posts
Recent Intel x86 processors implement a secret, powerful control mechanism that runs on a separate chip that no one is allowed to audit or examine. When these are eventually compromised, they&#x27;ll expose all affected systems to nearly unkillable, undetectable rootkit attacks. I&#x27;ve made it my mission to open up this system and make free, open replacements, before it&#x27;s too late. The Intel Management Engine (ME) is a subsystem composed of a special 32-bit ARC microprocessor that&#x27;s physically located inside the chipset. It is an extra general purpose computer running a firmware blob that is sold as a management system for...Bing Bonghttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3443733/posts#commentSun, 26 Jun 2016 04:26:23 GMTInvestors fearing &#x91;summer shocks&#x92; are hoarding the most cash since 2001http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3441884/posts
The last time fund managers hoarded this much cash, the Arizona Diamondbacks defeated the New York Yankees 4 to 3 to win the World Series. Today the Diamondbacks and the Yankees are struggling in their respective divisions, and by the amount of cash investors are stocking away, one might think that they fear the global markets are melting down too. Cash positions rose to 5.7% in June from 5.5% in May, the highest level since November 2001... Worries about &#x93;&#x91;summer of shocks&#x94; stemming from Brexit...&#xA0;&#xA0; ...prompting managers to stock pile cash... What do you consider the biggest &#x91;tail risk&#x92;? Bank...Market Watchhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3441884/posts#commentMon, 20 Jun 2016 10:48:27 GMTJamie Dimon on auto loans: &#x27;Someone is going to get hurt&#x27;http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3436223/posts
Jamie Dimon is sounding the alarm on auto loans. &#x22;Auto is clearly a little stretched, in my opinion,&#x22; the JPMorgan Chase (JPM) CEO said Thursday morning, speaking at the Alliance Bernstein Strategic Decisions Conference in New York. &#x22;Someone is going to get hurt... we don&#x27;t do much of that.&#x22; But other lenders have. The average size of new auto loans is rising, as is the average payment size, according to research from Experian released Thursday morning. In May, the total amount of auto loans cracked the $1 trillion mark for the first time, marking a 10 percent increase. It comes...MSN Newshttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3436223/posts#commentThu, 2 Jun 2016 19:05:27 GMTPodesta: &#x27;Trump Is Simply Too Big of a Risk&#x27;http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3427214/posts
The chairman of the Hillary Clinton campaign, John Podesta, has released a statement framing the general election match-up. &#x93;Fundamentally, our next president will need to do two things: keep our nation safe in a dangerous world and help working families get ahead here at home. Donald Trump is not prepared to do either,&#x22; Podesta&#x27;s statement reads. &#x22;Throughout this campaign, Donald Trump has demonstrated that he&#x27;s too divisive and lacks the temperament to lead our nation and the free world. With so much at stake, Donald Trump is simply too big of a risk.Weekly Standardhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3427214/posts#commentWed, 4 May 2016 03:13:34 GMTThe World&#x27;s Biggest Banks May Very Well Grow Even Largerhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3401011/posts
Ever since the financial crisis, many outside the wealthy elite (sometimes referred to as populists) have argued that the largest banks are too big and too risky. Minneapolis Federal Reserve president Neel Kashkari recently echoed those beliefs.Yet if a new Federal Reserve proposal goes through, Wells Fargo and other large banks might get even bigger and riskier, adding billions to their balance sheets that could increase the banks&#xE2;&#x80;&#x99; risk profiles.The Federal Reserve says the proposal, which specifies the amount and kind of debt that systemically important large banks must hold, could help make sure that those banks can be wound...Fortunehttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3401011/posts#commentWed, 24 Feb 2016 03:11:16 GMTTurkish Media Say Saudi Arabia, Turkey May Strike In Syriahttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3396528/posts
ISTANBUL -- Turkish media are quoting Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu as saying his country and Saudi Arabia may launch ground operations against the Islamic State group in Syria. After taking part at a security conference in Munich, Cavusoglu said Saudi Arabia was &#x22;ready to send both jets and troops&#x22; to Turkey&#x27;s Incirlik airbase. &#x22;Turkey and Saudi Arabia may launch an operation (against IS) from the land,&#x22; Saturday&#x27;s edition of the Yeni Safak pro-government newspaper quoted him as saying.The New York Timeshttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3396528/posts#commentSat, 13 Feb 2016 13:40:05 GMTJ Galt&#x27;s Chevrolet Discovered In Californiahttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3359511/posts
meshuge mikeyhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3359511/posts#commentFri, 13 Nov 2015 00:41:04 GMTBitcoin Risks and Skepticismhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3355938/posts
BITCOIN RISKS AND SKEPTICISM With bitcoin skyrocketing again (up 16.44% in the last 24 hours as I write this, per Coinmarketcap.com) I wanted to outline reasons to be cautious about getting involved with Bitcoin. Bitcoin is a revolutionary advance in financial technology, but there is a learning curve involved and many serious pitfalls for unwary users. This will not be a general primer on bitcoin or how it works. I&#x27;ll field any questions on those lines to the best of my ability, but first and foremost I want to give people a list of risks to consider before investing or...Mehttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3355938/posts#commentTue, 3 Nov 2015 18:08:42 GMTNow We Know What Putin Is Up To In Syriahttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3340240/posts
U.S. officials have begun to reveal the kinds of military equipment Russia has been moving into Syria, leaving little doubt that they are establishing an air base in the war-ravaged country. Moscow&#x92;s movements have been closely watched by the international community over the last few weeks, as observers debate whether the rapid buildup of weapons, troops and supplies near the Syrian coastal city of Latakia is presumably meant to aid diplomacy that will end the years-long civil war or to prop up the regime of embattled President Bahar al-Assad. Asked if the White House has gleaned Russia&#x92;s intent with the...The Fiscal Timeshttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3340240/posts#commentWed, 23 Sep 2015 13:52:40 GMTGulf Arabs oppose Russia role in Syria, still bent on Assad&#x27;s ousterhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3339869/posts
Russia&#x27;s military intervention in support of President Bashar al-Assad has dismayed Gulf Arab enemies of the Syrian leader who say it will prolong the war and keep Syria firmly in the orbit of their arch regional rival Iran. Russia says it is providing arms to the Syrian leader, a longtime ally, and has sent servicemen to advise on their use in the fight against Islamic State (IS) and other jihadist groups. Moscow has also staged naval exercises off Syria. Washington, which opposes both IS and Assad, says Moscow has also sent fighter jets, tanks and other heavy equipment to Syria....reuters.comhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3339869/posts#commentTue, 22 Sep 2015 15:33:54 GMTRANKED: The world&#x27;s national debts, from safest to most riskyhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3324622/posts
Bank of America&#x27;s Transforming World Atlas has loads of lovely infographics in it, but one of the most colourful is a map of the world&#x27;s riskiest sovereign debt.The map uses the prices of credit-default swaps, which are derivatives that pay out if a borrower defaults.Here&#x27;s the map:BAML Sovereign credit-default swaps have been used as a type of insurance against sovereign governments not paying back the money they owe. As with any insurance product, the more expensive it is, the more likely the event you&#x27;re insuring against will happen soon.Business Insiderhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3324622/posts#commentFri, 14 Aug 2015 13:19:30 GMTHeading Toward An EMP Catastrophehttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3319482/posts
Texas State Senator Bob Hall, a former USAF Colonel and himself an EMP expert, characterizes as &#x22;equivalent to treason&#x22; the behavior of the electric utilities and their lobbyists: &#x22;As a Texas State Senator who tried in the 2015 legislative session to get a bill passed to harden the Texas grid against an EMP attack or nature&#x27;s GMD, I learned first hand the strong control the electric power company lobby has on elected officials. We did manage to get a weak bill passed in the Senate but the power companies had it killed in the House. A very deceitful document which...Family Security Mattershttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3319482/posts#commentSat, 1 Aug 2015 18:09:02 GMTCall of Duty increases risk of Alzheimer&#x27;s diseasehttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3291818/posts
University of Montreal study finds video game players navigate the screen using a key area of the brain Millions of boys could be at increased risk of Alzheimer&#x27;s disease and other mental illnesses in later life through playing action video games such as Call of Duty or Assassin&#x27;s Creed, according to new research. Scientists say players navigate the screen using a key area of the brain called the caudate nucleus, which leads to loss of grey matter in the hippocampus. Previous studies have shown reduced volume in the hippocampus, which controls memory, learning and emotion, is associated with neurological and...The Telegraphhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3291818/posts#commentWed, 20 May 2015 17:12:08 GMTRussia&#x27;s credit risk is worse than Pakistan&#x27;shttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3253858/posts
Russian debt insurance costs and yield spreads on sovereign dollar bonds are near six-year highs, surpassing those of countries such as Pakistan whose credit ratings are several notches lower. Analysts said on Monday that last week&#x27;s shock interest rate cut had worsened the situation by weakening the rouble, making debt repayment costlier for many companies and raising inflationary pressures. Russia is rated Baa3 by Moody&#x27;s and BBB- by Fitch, their lowest investment-grade ratings, while Standard &#x26; Poor&#x27;s cut its rating to a &#x22;junk&#x27;&#x27; grade BB+ last week.Reutershttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3253858/posts#commentWed, 4 Feb 2015 10:11:21 GMTFor most &#x27;healthy&#x27; obese, health declines over timehttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3244164/posts
&#x22;Healthy obese adults show a greater risk for developing cardiovascular disease than healthy normal-weight adults, although this risk is not as great as for the unhealthy obese. Healthy obesity is only a state of relative health - it&#x27;s just less unhealthy than the worst-case scenario. And as we now see, healthy obese adults tend to become unhealthy obese over time, providing further evidence against the idea that obesity can be healthy,&#x22; said Bell. ... &#x22;Healthy obesity is only valid if it is stable over time, and our results indicate that it is often just a phase. All types of obesity...medicalxpress.comhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3244164/posts#commentTue, 6 Jan 2015 23:21:18 GMTRisk Assessment Matrix of Ebola - It&#x27;s Sciencehttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3217403/posts
Should Americans be concerned about Ebola? Should we suspend visas from the hardest hit countries? These are the questions we&#x27;re wrangling with as we face the first outbreak of Ebola in the US. The administration and his supporters in the Democrat party are attempting to portray the very question as foolish, and concerned Americans as &#x22;hysterical.&#x22; So let&#x27;s take a look at this from a rational risk assessment perspective. (With Charts)The Average American Bloghttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3217403/posts#commentMon, 20 Oct 2014 15:34:45 GMTCDC: &#x27;Relatively large&#x27; number of health workers at risk for Ebolahttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3214588/posts
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) on Monday said it &#x22;would not be surprised&#x22; if other healthcare workers at a Dallas hospital are diagnosed with Ebola. CDC Director Tom Frieden said he did not know how many workers might have been exposed to the virus, but estimated it was a &#x22;relatively large number.&#x22; &#x22;We&#x92;re concerned, and unfortunately would not be surprised if we did see additional cases in healthcare workers who also provided care to the index patient,&#x22; Frieden said. A nurse at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital was found to have Ebola over the weekend. Her case is the first-ever...The Hillhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3214588/posts#commentMon, 13 Oct 2014 17:12:40 GMTTexas Narrows Ebola Focus to 10 Considered to Be at Greatest Riskhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3211090/posts
DALLAS &#x97; Health officials on Friday narrowed down to 10 the number of people considered most at risk of contracting Ebola after coming into contact with an infected Liberian man. They also moved the four people who had shared an apartment with the man from their potentially contaminated quarters, as local and federal officials tried to assure the public that the disease was contained despite initial missteps here. The four people, a girlfriend of Thomas E. Duncan, the Liberian who is the first person in the United States to develop symptoms of Ebola, and three of her relatives had been...NY Timeshttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3211090/posts#commentSat, 4 Oct 2014 01:15:29 GMT&#x22;High protein diet linked to spiked cancer risk akin to smoking 20 cigarettes a day: U.S. study&#x22;http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3199232/posts
Eating too much protein could be as dangerous as smoking for middle-aged people, a study has found. Research which tracked thousands of adults for nearly 20 years found that those who eat a diet rich in animal protein are four times more likely to die of cancer than someone with a low-protein diet. The risk is nearly as high as the danger of developing cancer from smoking 20 cigarettes each day. Previous studies have shown a link between cancer and red meat, but it is the first time research has measured the risk of death associated with regularly eating too...National Posthttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3199232/posts#commentMon, 1 Sep 2014 11:30:03 GMTIllegal Immigrants Bring Risk of Ebola and Global Array of Viral Illnesseshttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3188693/posts
Ebola. Chikungunya. Dengue. Norovirus. Hantavirus. Swine flu. Varicella. Variola. The names sound like something out of a Sci-Fi movie. Yet, threats to Americans are real, and escalating by the week. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reported on August 1 that serious diseases are spreading at detention centers for Illegal border crossers. Health care workers and Border Patrol agents, plus their children, have tested positive for tuberculosis (TB), swine flu, chicken pox, lice and scabies. Instead of being quarantined, illegal border crossers are being dispersed rapidly across the U.S., with those of school age being registered in public schools opening...The Conservative Pundithttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3188693/posts#commentMon, 4 Aug 2014 10:46:38 GMTThe Riskiest Housing Markets In America [Do you live anywhere near these cities?]http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3174275/posts
As homeownership rates tumble, perhaps it is not just the stagnation of income or piling up of &#x27;other debts&#x27; disabling any organic buying frenzy; perhaps, as Bloomberg breaks down, it is the realization that real-estate is nothing less than another boom-bust roller-coaster ride. ??When so much wealth is tied up in one asset, the risk -- or stability -- of a local market can mean a lot to a homeowner and Bloomberg has quantified the &#x27;riskiest&#x27; (and most stable) home markets in America... not Vegas, not Phoenix, and not LA...&#xA0;Full Breakdown here&#xA0;And the stablest real estate markets?5. Raleigh, North...Zero Hedgehttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3174275/posts#commentMon, 30 Jun 2014 19:35:57 GMTEast Antarctica more at risk than thought to long-term thaw: study
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OSLO (Reuters) - Part of East Antarctica is more vulnerable than expected to a thaw that could trigger an unstoppable slide of ice into the ocean and raise world sea levels for thousands of years, a study showed on Sunday. The Wilkes Basin in East Antarctica, stretching more than 1,000 km (600 miles) inland, has enough ice to raise sea levels by 3 to 4 meters (10-13 feet) if it were to melt as an effect of global warming, the report said. The Wilkes is vulnerable because it is held in place by a small rim of ice, resting on...Yahoo! Newshttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3152161/posts#commentMon, 5 May 2014 01:48:36 GMTToday Crimea, tomorrow Alaska?http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3135669/posts
Let&#x27;s hope he doesn&#x27;t want Alaska back. I mean, if Czar Vladimir Putin decides that Russia was really screwed when it sold the vast expanse of Alaska to the United States for a measly $7.2 million back in 1867, he may now want to nullify the deal. Treaties, contracts and deals mean nothing to the guy. The man is on a role. He is scooping up pieces of the former Soviet Union as though he were old Communist Czar Joe Stalin. Old Joe gobbled up countries at the end of World War II as though they were war souvenirs. That...lowell sunhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3135669/posts#commentFri, 21 Mar 2014 12:04:41 GMTCrickets from White House as Venezuelans Risk All to Throw Out the Chavistashttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3123435/posts
Florida lawmakers are trying to turn the Obama administration&#x92;s attention toward two weeks of escalating deadly protests in Venezuela, where protesters frustrated with the socialist government have taken to the streets to demand a better country. The late Hugo Chavez&#x92;s Bolivarian experiment, continued by his handpicked successor Nicolas Maduro, has resulted in an economy in tatters, sky-high crime, and massive government corruption. Maduro has put the world on &#x93;alert&#x94; that he&#x92;s &#x93;facing a developing coup plan against the democracy and the government that I preside over, orchestrated by a small group of irresponsible leaders, violent, full of hatred and personal...PJ Mediahttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3123435/posts#commentSat, 15 Feb 2014 21:43:36 GMTDon&#x27;t Let Insurers Shift Risk to Taxpayershttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3115602/posts
The big health insurance companies played a high-stakes double game throughout the 2009 health care fight, funding attacks on the so-called public option &#x96; an explicitly government-run competitor &#x96; while otherwise supporting the central elements of the bill that ultimately passed: vast taxpayer-funded subsidies flowing to their potential customers and a mandate requiring every American to buy their products. Yet the law is becoming such a disaster that the insurers stand to take losses in the new exchanges &#x96; losses that will largely be passed on to taxpayers under a provision called Risk Corridors. Risk Corridors are a de facto...Townhall.comhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3115602/posts#commentSat, 25 Jan 2014 16:03:07 GMT